Agriculture Poverty And Freedom In Developing Countries

Author : Eric Clayton
Publisher : Palgrave
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040880861

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Agriculture, Poverty and Freedom in Developing Countries by Eric Clayton Pdf

Review of agricultural development objectives and strategies in developing countries at agricultural policy, agricultural project and farm level - covers agricultural production, agricultural income, agricultural employment, decision making by peasant farmers, the impact of agricultural research on agricultural management and farming systems, agricultural mechanization, and the need for project evaluation; includes book reviews. Flow chart, graphs and references.

Author : C. Peter Timmer
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801426014

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Agriculture and the State by C. Peter Timmer Pdf

A dozen papers from an August 1989 international conference near Zurich explore the role of governments in improving the agriculture of developing countries, and how that affects overall industrial development. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Andreassen, Bard A.,Marks, Stephen P.,Sengupta, Arjun
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789231041440

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Freedom from poverty as a human right: economic perspectives by Andreassen, Bard A.,Marks, Stephen P.,Sengupta, Arjun Pdf

Author : Kym Anderson,John Cockburn,Will Martin
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821381849

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Agricultural Price Distortions, Inequality, and Poverty by Kym Anderson,John Cockburn,Will Martin Pdf

The prices of farm products are crucial determinants of the extent of poverty and inequality in the world.The vast majority of the world's poorest households depend to a considerable extent on farming for their incomes, while food represents a large component of the consumption of all poor households. For generations, food prices have been heavily distorted by government policies in high-income and developing countries. Many countries began to reform their agricultural price and trade policies in the 1980s, but government policy intervention is still considerable and still favors farmers in high-income countries at the expense of many farmers in developing countries.What would be the poverty and inequality consequences of the removal of the remaining distortions to agricultural incentives? This question is of great relevance to governments in evaluating ways to engage in multilateral and regional trade negotiations or to improve their own policies unilaterally. 'Agricultural Price Distortions, Inequality, and Poverty' analyzes the effects of agricultural and trade policies around the world on national and regional economic welfare, on income inequality among and within countries, and on the level and incidence of poverty in developing countries. The studies include economy-wide analyses of the inequality and poverty effects of own-country policies compared with rest-of-the-world policies for 10 individual developing countries in three continents. This book also includes three chapters that each use a separate global economic model to examine the effects of policies on aggregate poverty and the distribution of poverty across many identified developing countries.This study is motivated by two policy issues: first, the World Trade Organization's struggle to conclude the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations, in which agricultural policy reform is, again, one of the most contentious topics in the talks and, second, the struggle of the developing countries to achieve their Millennium Development Goals by 2015—notably the alleviation of hunger and poverty—which depends crucially on policies that affect agricultural incentives.

Author : John-ren Chen,David Sapsford
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN : UCSD:31822034418939

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Global Development and Poverty Reduction by John-ren Chen,David Sapsford Pdf

Explores the various ways in which the institutions of the global economy might rise to the challenges posed by the twin goals of increasing the pace of global development and alleviating poverty. This book also provides a much-needed analysis of the successes and failures of international institutions in achieving these aims.

Author : Eric Clayton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015001771602

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Agriculture, Poverty and Freedom in Developing Countries by Eric Clayton Pdf

Agricultural development at sector level; Agricultural development at farm level; Agricultural development at project level.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821368095

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World Development Report 2008 by World Bank Pdf

The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. 'World Development Report 2008' seeks to assess where, when, and how agriculture can be an effective instrument for economic development, especially development that favors the poor. It examines several broad questions: How has agriculture changed in developing countries in the past 20 years? What are the important new challenges and opportunities for agriculture? Which new sources of agricultural growth can be captured cost effectively in particular in poor countries with large agricultural sectors as in Africa? How can agricultural growth be made more effective for poverty reduction? How can governments facilitate the transition of large populations out of agriculture, without simply transferring the burden of rural poverty to urban areas? How can the natural resource endowment for agriculture be protected? How can agriculture's negative environmental effects be contained? This year's report marks the 30th year the World Bank has been publishing the 'World Development Report'.

Author : Frank Ellis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1992-01-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521395844

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Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries by Frank Ellis Pdf

This book is designed for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses related to agricultural policy, agricultural economics, or rural development in developing countries.

Author : Robert Potter,Tim Unwin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351215367

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The Geography of Urban-Rural Interaction in Developing Countries by Robert Potter,Tim Unwin Pdf

Originally published in 1989, The Geography of Urban-Rural Interaction in Developing Countries addresses the nature and importance of the interaction between ‘urban’ and ‘rural’ areas within Third World national territories, providing much-needed comparative, cross-cultural, and cross-national material. The book discusses the various theories of urban-rural interaction, and summarises the topic in the form of the movement of people, goods, money, capital, new technology, energy, information and ideas. Case studies are drawn from different areas of the Third World – including Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Caribbean and illustrate in detail the nature of urban-rural interaction.

Author : Brian Z. Tamanaha
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004632882

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Bibliography on Law and Developing Countries by Brian Z. Tamanaha Pdf

The citations listed in this bibliography were published between 1975 and mid-1993. Substantial legal developments have occurred since 1975 and the vast bulk of materials on the subject has been produced since that time. The citations are grouped under 53 different subject headings. Some subjects are further divided into subcategories. Audience: Lawyers, legal scholars, social scientists and civil servants involved in development issues.

Author : Industrial Systems Research
Publisher : Industrial Systems Research
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780906321782

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AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES by Industrial Systems Research Pdf

This is a comprehensive study of business growth and performance in the world’s largest industry. Successful agricultural businesses are not only cost-efficient internally. They also work in reasonably favorable economic, political, and physical-organic environments. Various features of the agricultural industry make business growth and profitability more problematic in it than in other industries. The book looks at how commercial farms can expand and make profits, keep their costs down, improve the productivity of land, labor, and capital, and ensure their products are competitive and in market demand. CONTENTS 1. Agricultural businesses: Key influences on growth and performance 2. Agricultural business economics 3. The political-legal environment 4. The agricultural land market 5. Financing agricultural businesses 6. Agricultural technologies 7. Agricultural labor 8. Production organization and management 9. Marketing and distribution

Author : Industrial Systems Research
Publisher : Industrial Systems Research
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780906321584

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Industry and Enterprise by Industrial Systems Research Pdf

The latter part of the 20th century was a period of radical global political-economic change. Many non-Western countries industrialized and transitioned from statist-collectivism to modern market-capitalism and democracy. However, others stagnated or even regressed in economic developmental and other respects. This book provides a concise, comprehensive account of industrial-economic modernization and development in a range of countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin American and the Caribbean. CONTENTS: 1. INDUSTRIAL MODERNIZATION & DEVELOPMENT 2. OTHER-SOCIETAL INFLUENCES: POLITICS, ECONOMICS & DIFFUSION 3. THE GEOGRAPHY OF INDUSTRIAL MODERNIZATION & DEVELOPMENT 4. CULTURAL & PERSONALITY INFLUENCES 5. HISTORICAL STUDIES 6. THE ECONOMICS OF MODERNIZATION & DEVELOPMENT 7. INDUSTRY & ENTERPRISE IN EAST ASIA 8. INDUSTRY & ENTERPRISE IN CHINA 9. INDUSTRY & ENTERPRISE IN INDIA 10. INDUSTRY & ENTERPRISE IN THE MIDDLE EAST 11. INDUSTRY & ENTERPRISE IN LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN 12. INDUSTRY & ENTERPRISE IN AFRICA 13. MANUFACTURING FIRMS & INDUSTRIES 14. AGRICULTURE 15. TRADE, MARKETS, & DEVELOPMENT 16. FINANCE, INVESTMENT & DEVELOPMENT 17. EDUCATIONAL, POLITICAL & WIDER SOCIO-CULTURAL ASPECTS

Author : Daniel K. Song'ony
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : 9781434355614

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Economic Development in Africa in the Age of Globalization and HIV/AIDS by Daniel K. Song'ony Pdf

Economic development in Africa in the age of globalization is written for use at the university level in economic development, political economy, agricultural economics, poverty and health economics. The text provides basis for poverty in Africa then defines poverty and provides the determinants of poverty. The first part describes how agricultural development is crucial to alleviation of poverty. The text provides relevant economic theories that claim to define economic development and critically examines their applicability on alleviation of poverty in Africa. The text then provides two mathematical models that illustrate the determinants of poverty based on prices of commodities and an alternative model that is used to represent the maximization of rural household income which results in minimization of poverty. In the conclusion, the text emphasizes how HIV/AIDS has evolved from an health issue to a developmental crises resulting in perpetuated poverty in Africa.

Author : Christopher J. Barrow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317885207

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Water Resources and Agricultural Development in the Tropics by Christopher J. Barrow Pdf

First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Frank Ellis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1993-11-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521457114

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Peasant Economics by Frank Ellis Pdf

This is a revised and expanded edition of a popular textbook on the economics of farm households in developing countries. The second edition retains the same building blocks designed to explore household decision-making in a social context. Key topics are efficiency, risk, time allocation, gender, agrarian contracts, farm size and technological change. For these and other topics, household economic behaviour represents the outcome of social interactions within the household, and market interactions outside the household. A new chapter on the environment combines exposition of economic tools not previously covered in the book with examination of household and community decision-making in relation to environmental resources.